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The Pacific and Australasia
About this book
This volume gives a detailed overview of the varieties of English spoken in the Pacific and Australasia, including regional, social and ethnic dicalects (such as New Zealand, Australian Vernacular, or Maori English) as well as pidgins and creoles (such as Tok Pisin, Hawaii Creole, or Kriol in Australia).
The chapters, written by widely acclaimed specialists, provide concise and comprehensive information on the phonological, morphological and syntactic characteristics of each variety discussed.
The articles are followed by exercises and study questions. The exercises are geared towards students and can be used for classroom assignments as well as for self study in preparation for exams. Instructors can use the exercises, sound samples and interactive maps to enhance their classroom presentations and to highlight important language features.
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Table of contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contents of companion volumes
- Abbreviations
- List of features: Phonology and phonetics
- List of features: Morphology and Syntax
- General introduction
- General references
- Introduction: varieties of English in the Pacific and Australasia
- New Zealand English: phonology
- Regional and social differences in New Zealand: phonology
- Maori English: phonology
- Australian English: phonology
- Regional characteristics of Australian English: phonology
- Australian creoles and Aboriginal English: phonetics and phonology
- Bislama: phonetics and phonology
- Solomon Islands Pijin: phonetics and phonology
- Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea: phonology
- Hawai‘i Creole: phonology
- Fiji English: phonology
- Norfolk Island-Pitcairn English: phonetics and phonology
- Synopsis: phonetics and phonology of English spoken in the Pacifi c and Australasian region
- New Zealand English: morphosyntax
- Australian English: morphology and syntax
- Australian Vernacular English: some grammatical characteristics
- Hypocoristics in Australian English
- Australian creoles and Aboriginal English: morphology and syntax
- Bislama: morphology and syntax
- Solomon Islands Pijin: morphology and syntax
- Tok Pisin: morphology and syntax
- Hawai‘i Creole: morphology and syntax
- Fiji English: morphology and syntax
- Norfolk Island-Pitcairn English (Pitkern Norfolk): morphology and syntax
- Synopsis: morphological and syntactic variation in the Pacifi c and Australasia
- Backmatter